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Release Date:
14 June 2002 (USA) more
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Tagline:
A Weekend To Dismember. more
Plot:
Teens trapped on an island are haunted by a demon hidden inside...a pinata. | add synopsis
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(2 articles)
User Comments:
So bad it's painful more (90 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)

Nicholas Brendon ... Kyle

Jaime Pressly ... Tina

Eugene Byrd ... Doug
Casey Fallo ... Monica (as Kasey Fallo)

Nate Richert ... Jake
Garrett Wang ... Paul

Lara Wickes ... Lisa (as Lara Boyd Rhodes)

Ed Gale ... Piñata
Julia Mendoza ... Carmen
Aeryk Egan ... Larry
Daphne Duplaix ... Julie
Robert Tena ... Bob

Tressa DiFiglia ... Connie (as Tressa di Figlia)
Syante Villa ... Shaman
Manny Twofeathers ... Piñata Maker

Joaquim de Almeida ... Narrator (voice) (as Joaquim DeAlmeida)
Scott Hillenbrand ... Detective 1 (as Scott Brandon)
David Hillenbrand ... Detective 2
John Portela ... Campus Police
Masa Takayanaki ... Campus Police

RaMona Fleetwood ... Paramedic
Simon Parra ... Farmer
Akima Castaneda ... Father / Pallbearer (as Akima 'Rick' Castaneda)
Maria Avila ... Mother
Serena Castaneda ... Daughter
Christopher Martinez ... Son
Derek Martinez ... Dead Boy
Adriana Payan ... Grieving Mother
Rueben Aguirre ... Grieving Father / Pallbearer
Griselda Flores ... Grandmother
Jessica Espinosa ... Little Girl
Stan Malicay ... Pallbearer
Hector Pacheco ... Pallbearer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Wayne Eric ... Villager
Timothy Leary ... Jonas the Chemist
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Directed by
David Hillenbrand 
Scott Hillenbrand 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
David Hillenbrand  writer
Scott Hillenbrand  writer

Produced by
Nicholas Brendon .... associate producer
Reid Burns .... associate producer
Sanford Hampton .... co-producer
David Hillenbrand .... producer
Scott Hillenbrand .... producer
Albert Miniaci .... executive producer
Lance Matthew Olsen .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
David Hillenbrand  (as David Berrel)
 
Cinematography by
Philip D. Schwartz 
 
Film Editing by
Guy W. Cearley 
 
Casting by
Aaron Griffith 
 
Production Design by
Jack Cloud 
 
Set Decoration by
Inger Christiansen 
 
Makeup Department
RaMona Fleetwood .... additional makeup artist
 
Production Management
Nicholas Brendon .... production manager
Reid Burns .... production manager
Loretta M. Elliott .... unit production manager (as Loretta Elliott)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
R. Scott Loughran .... second second assistant director
Cara McCastlain .... second assistant director
Lynnette M. Myers .... first assistant director (as Lynnette)
 
Art Department
Wesley Collier .... set dresser
 
Sound Department
Mike Boden .... sound re-recording mixer
Marti D. Humphrey .... sound re-recording mixer
Shawn Kennelly .... foley mixer
Laura Macias .... foley artist
Nancy Nugent .... dialogue editor
Andy Peach .... sound recordist
Bill Reinhardt .... production sound
Joan Rowe .... foley artist
Sean Rowe .... foley artist
Ron Salaises .... sound designer
Ron Salaises .... sound editor
 
Special Effects by
Charles Chiodo .... creature effects
Edward Chiodo .... creature effects
Stephen Chiodo .... creature effects
Paul Kemp .... general manager: creature fabrication & makeup effects
Sandro Moro .... special effects technician
Frank L. Pope .... special effects technician
Andrew Shuford .... special effects assistant
Bryan Smith .... special effects makeup
Jor Van Kline .... special effects coordinator
 
Visual Effects by
Reid Burns .... visual effects supervisor
Kirk Cadrette .... visual effects supervisor
Jeff Matakovich .... visual effects supervisor
Andrew Orloff .... visual effects supervisor
David J. Smith .... lead character animator
 
Stunts
Lisa Dempsey .... stunt double
Thomas M. Ficke .... stunt coordinator (as Tom Ficke)
Michael Owen .... stunt double (as Mike Owen)
Lisa Walcott .... stunt double
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Steve Adelson .... camera operator
Stephane Cojot-Goldberg .... first assistant camera
Lister Coleman .... electrician
Kim Cousins .... assistant camera
David Darwin .... best boy electric
Peter Enneking .... electrician
Matt Horochowski .... best boy grip (as Matthew Horochowski)
Ama MacDonald .... electrician
Terence McNally .... electrician
Frank Olah .... electrician
Sean Peacock .... electrician
Philip D. Schwartz .... camera operator
Walter Stewart .... gaffer
Keith O. Wilson .... grip
Jason Young .... electrician
 
Transportation Department
Lance Cherniet .... transportation captain
Marc Lyons .... driver
Jeff Murray .... transportation coordinator
 
Other crew
Loretta M. Elliott .... production accountant (as Loretta Elliott)
Thomas M. Ficke .... action director
RaMona Fleetwood .... production coordinator
Rick Hicks .... marine coordinator
John Portela .... production coordinator
James Bradford Sivils .... script supervisor
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Piñata (USA) (working title)
Piñata: Survival Island (USA) (video title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence/gore, language, some sexual content and drug use.
Runtime:
USA:85 min
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Certification:
UK:18 | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Australia:MA (cable rating) | Singapore:M18 | USA:R

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Director Cameo: [Scott Hillenbrand]one of the two detectives at the end. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: At the end, when the girl runs at the creature and says "How do you like this, motherfucker?" her mouth is shut. more
Quotes:
Lisa: Monica, I need to pee.
Monica: Just hold it in.
Lisa: I have been waiting for over an hour.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Pinata: Making of the Monster (2003) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Cherry Missile more

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17 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
So bad it's painful, 10 June 2004
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Author: jhs39 from Chicago, IL

Poor Nicholas Brendon. While his other Buffy castmates get to do theatrical films he is stuck in this straight to video abomination so awful everyone involved should actually be ashamed. The monster is particularly embarrassing--a computer generated thing that looks like it stepped out of a video game and almost never interacts with the live actors, making it seem even more fake. The idea of a killer Pinata might have offered some campy fun if the thing actually looked like a Pinata. The only film I've seen recently that was comparably dreadful was House of the Dead, which I actually walked out of when I was foolish enough to pay and see it in a theater. Movies like this really make you long for the return of Mystery Science Theater 3000.

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Will be watching this Halloween night... adambomb1978
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watching this now on AMC sylvia67
ITS ON AGAIN!!! ljguttman
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